Myanmar negotiators issue joint statement on finalized ceasefire agreement (3)

Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Deputy Chief Major-General Guan Maw attends a joint press briefing after the signing ceremony of draft of the Nationwide Cease-fire Agreement (NCA) between members of Myanmar government's Union Peace-Making Work Committee (UPWC) and the ethnic armed groups' National Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) at the Myanmar Peace Center in Yangon, Myanmar, March 31, 2015. Peace negotiators of the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups issued a joint statement here Tuesday, saying the finalized nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will be submitted to the top level of respective sides for adoption before it is formally signed. (Xinhua/U Aung)

Myanmar President U Thein Sein (C) delivers a speech during a signing ceremony of draft of the Nationwide Cease-fire Agreement (NCA) between Members of Myanmar government's Union Peace-Making Work Committee (UPWC) and the ethnic armed groups' National Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) at the Myanmar Peace Center in Yangon, Myanmar, March 31, 2015. Peace negotiators of the Myanmar government and ethnic armed groups issued a joint statement here Tuesday, saying the finalized nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will be submitted to the top level of respective sides for adoption before it is formally signed. (Xinhua/U Aung)